You have been reading the book, Earthquake! Copy the information below onto notebook paper in the ELA section of your notebook. Then, fill in the missing information below.

1. Title of book written correctly: Earthquake!

2. setting (where and when): San Francisco, April 1906

3. main characters (people who move the story along): Phillip,Papa, Bobby Hunt

4. main idea (what the book is mostly about): About how a young boy and his family survive the earthquake in San Francisco.

5. problem: After the earthquake hits almost everything is destoyed. People have very little water or food. Fires are everywhere.

6. important event #1 (from the beginning of the book): A very big earthquake hits San Francisco in the early morning hours.

7. important event #2 (from the middle of the book): Phillip has to stay at the stables to protect things while Papa takes Mama and Chester to Aunt Eleanor's.

8. important event #3 (from the end of the book): When Phillip turns the horses loose from the stable, they start running down the street the wrong way. When they turn to come back, Phillip runs out in front of them and stops them, saving them from being shot.

9. conclusion (how is the problem solved): Phillip and his father gather what they can and leave San Francisco to join Mama and Chester at Aunt Eleanor's house.